again, it's been a pretty stable environment right now in the markets, but we're going to keep our eyes open all morning. > > volatility has in fact been down. there is some sense though that that could pick up. > > you know what, that's a normal phenomenon when you go into expiration. vol starts to get, as we call it on the floor, crushed. it starts to pull in. so that is a phenomenon that we typically see at this time in the cycle. we're going, now with that uncertainty, whether it's out of china, whether it's out of the eu, or here in the united states, when we hear datapoints or just earnings data that comes out that's a little bit mixed or disappointing, you could see vols pump up, so we're going to see if there's any opportunities in taking some vol positions, potentially to the upside going into the new expiration cycle. > > real quick joe, the commodities boom may have faded as the stimulus from the fed winds down. what's your play on that? > > you know, right now we're going to see if we see those commodity markets, like the grains and oil - they firmed up into the close yester